by Melanie Herron | Sep 6, 2011 | Blog
It has been widely believed and accepted that if you provide quality patient care, your patient satisfaction rates will be high. We now know that this is not always the case. Research has shown that there is a large disparity between hospital and physician quality of...
by Melanie Herron | Aug 29, 2011 | Blog
When I was in graduate school I learned about how patients were taking a more proactive approach to their healthcare planning. They wanted control and decision making power. Why is it then that so many patients still depend on their medical provider to tell them...
by Melanie Herron | Aug 18, 2011 | Blog
Many patients do not realize they have the power when it comes to their healthcare. They play an important role in their healthcare successes and failures. Why then do many patients find it difficult to engage their providers? A recent study found that patients’ feel...
by Melanie Herron | May 31, 2011 | Blog
Medical practices want to grow. They want to capture as many patients as they can. It is normal to want a business to be successful. The key lies in keeping the business. With a reduction in health care reimbursements, seeing more patients is more necessary than ever....
by Melanie Herron | May 9, 2011 | Blog
A few weeks ago, we talked about how, as a doctor, it is your obligation to go to the patient with answers if the patient will not come to you for medical information. As you may have noticed, the health-related searching trend on Google is only increasing. It is...
